Surviving Winter, Embracing Spring: The Resilience of Catskill Animal Sanctuary’s Senior Animals
(Photo: Senior Horse Barclay led by Animal Care Team Leader, Gabby) Even when it’s unusually mild, winter is tough on old beings, no matter their species. At CAS, we do …
Remembering Tiny Dino: The First CAS Love Story
Twenty years ago, Catskill Animal Sanctuary opened our barn doors and welcomed Dino, a Shetland pony close to 30 years old. Tiny Dino, at 300 pounds and 36” tall was …
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Goodbye, Moses: A Sudden Farewell After a Lifetime of Joy
Our precious Moses, our beautiful spotted boy with giant floppy ears that masked huge golden eyes, is gone. He was 7 ½ years old. Moses arrived in 2013 from a …
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Petunia’s Pledge: Continuing Your Journey
Like so many of you, I was raised in a meat and potatoes family. Breakfast was often eggs with bacon or sausage. Lunch was a sandwich: ham and cheese, turkey, …
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Baby Goats Welcomed After Closure of “Humane” Farm
A few weeks ago, we received hundreds of messages about Sprout Creek, Marist College’s “humane” farm, who had announced that they were closing, citing lack of funding due in large …
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Standing Up Through Coronavirus: Love Spoken Here
As all but our intrepid animal care team works from home, we’re doing our best to support each other, our caretakers, and the beloved members of our CAS family…in other …
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Onward, Friends, for All of Us: Reflections on World Vegan Day
Is your glass half empty or half full? As worldwide consumption of animals increases and climate chaos accelerates, have you given up, or are you standing tall, determined to do …
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We Are Blessed With Good Neighbors
When we moved our fledgling sanctuary, barely a year old, to Old Stage Road in the winter of 2003, we were struggling to stay afloat. It would be years before we had …
The 5th Annual Cocktails & CowTales Was A Splendid Evening!
This year’s Cocktails & CowTales was a phenomenal event! With our very own Animal Care Director, Kelly Mullins, as emcee for the evening, we were able to get sponsors for …
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Hannah’s Jealousy: Remembering the Glory Days
When Hannah arrived at Catskill Animal Sanctuary fourteen years ago, she was terrified of humans. She’d been found in a Queens cemetery with what looked like stab wounds, and at …
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